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Re: META-command System For Creating Minifigs?
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:52:49 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> If there is a universally working* META-command system for creating
> minifigs, be it LDAO's, LDDPMINIFIGGEN or any other, I'd like to
> push for it to be more or less an official standard. As I haven't
> been that engaged in this side of LCad, I am anything but up-to-date
> on the status. For me, it has been like reinventing the wheel each
> time I wnat to LDraw a minifig.
There doesn't seem to be a standard, but I'd like one too. I'm hoping
to make one by extending the LDAO MINIFIG META-commands, grabbing the
part category lists from one of the extensible minifig part INI files
available, and running it through a command line minifig generator
program (similar to LSYNTH) to convert the META-commands into LDRAW
commands.
I can borrow the structure of the main() function in LSYNTH to open a
file and locate the MINIFIG META-commands. I also have code that can
parse the MLCAD.INI file for the minifig part category and orientation
information. (I reused the L3P data structures for that one.) I just
need to add some code to convert the META-commands into LDRAW commands
via the usual matrix manipulation stuff.
Once I have this working, I can make a portable GUI for it using a
platform independent toolkit and an ldglite window in polling mode for
preview. I made one for LSYNTH in a few lines of TCL code. This
would have many more listboxes and whatnot, but it might be doable
in TCL.
I can put the code together on the sourceforge somewhere if you want
to help, or just tinker with it.
Don
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| Thank you, Don. I am currently investigating the possibilities and limitations of the resources you mention. Hopefully, in a couple of days, I will return with my comments and maybe also some suggestions. /Tore (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) If there is a universally working* META-command system for creating minifigs, be it LDAO's, LDDPMINIFIGGEN or any other, I'd like to push for it to be more or less an official standard. As I haven't been that engaged in this side of LCad, I am (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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